I heard about a case where a Digital camera was purchased
by a defense laboratory from abroad, for 9000 US dollars,
while its price was only 1000.
The middlemen/agents took 8000 dollars as their commission.
God only knows how many such deals are done overseas by crooked
middlemen and ministry officials.
I am told these kind of markups are rampant and nobody cares.
So the question here is: In the name of defense if the country
is spending 100 Rupees, how much is the actual benefit
and how much goes into the pockets of the corrupt and greedy ?
Because, we have a habit of saying blindly
- " For sake of defense of the country any amount of money is ok ."
That well intentioned belief of the innocent public is actually exploited
by greedy corrupt officials and their hidden agents.
I do not know about other ministries like Shipping, Aviation and
so on. The levels of such greed may be existing there also.
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